Another excellent figure. Sadly the wing kibble detracts in robot mode and no firing mecanisim. Also wish the cannon could be placed on the top of the forearm instead of the bottom. I give him an A though. Still an incredible figure.. But prime is a tiny bit better.

Anyone else notice that Megatron has two hardpoints - the kind that go with both Minicons and Energon weapons? They're up on the grey body of the gun near the scope. Great place to put an energon weapon if you want to give him a little extra firepower.

Anyone else notice that Megatron has two hardpoints - the kind that go with both Minicons and Energon weapons? They're up on the grey body of the gun near the scope. Great place to put an energon weapon if you want to give him a little extra firepower.

Best of the Classics by far...everything that bugged me about initial pics had grown on me...the wings, the neon and the unibrow. The neon colors still bug me a little, but I understand why they HAD to do it, and I'm grateful for the fact they even went to the trouble to release a Gun Megatron after YEARS of saying "Never again". Really the only thing I'd change is somehow giving him wrist swivel movement, but thats a TINY nitpick. Everything else about the toy is absolutely spectacular. It IS G1 Megatron but beefed up, as if Unicron upgraded him instead of turned him into Galvatron...

Even with the little things I'd change it's still an A+++++++++++++++++++++. Easily one of my top five favorite TF toys ever released.

It IS G1 Megatron but beefed up, as if Unicron upgraded him instead of turned him into Galvatron...

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Yup, and this time he doesn't look riDONKulous in robot mode...

About the cannon/wrist thing, yeah it's a bummer and I can see why people are a bit disappointed by it, but on the other hand, I view it as him holding his gun like Galaxy Convoy holds his two BFGs in super mode... Or like how Jesse Ventura held his minigun in Predator... So yeah, I think it's bad assed...

My least favorite classic. Gun is cool...but a tank is cooler. Articulation is their on paper, but rachets kind of limit the attainable poses. Heel articulation helps. Back kibble lends to his instability.

BFG is cool, I don't mind the placement, and I like the head sculpt. Knee armor is neat, I didn't expect it. Nice height.

About the cannon/wrist thing, yeah it's a bummer and I can see why people are a bit disappointed by it, but on the other hand, I view it as him holding his gun like Galaxy Convoy holds his two BFGs in super mode... Or like how Jesse Ventura held his minigun in Predator... So yeah, I think it's bad assed...

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Yessir. It's definitely just me being picky

I showed Megatron to my dad this afternoon (who watched the G1 cartoon and helped me put the stickers on my G1 toys) and he was floored. I've shown him a lot of my other TFs I've bought over the last 5 years but he was equally impressed by Megatron as I was. it was pretty cool.

I showed Megatron to my dad this afternoon (who watched the G1 cartoon and helped me put the stickers on my G1 toys) and he was floored. I've shown him a lot of my other TFs I've bought over the last 5 years but he was equally impressed by Megatron as I was. it was pretty cool.

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That's awesome... I wish my dad were like that... But no, he views them as a "waste of money..." But then I remind him that his Chinese antiques are a "waste of money" too...